SUNY Ranks Among Top 100 Worldwide For Patents Granted In 2016

Albany - The State University of New York ranked 38 in the 'Top 100 Worldwide Universities
Granted U.S. Utility Patents for 2016,' according to the National Academy of Inventors
(NAI) and Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), which publishes the ranking
annually based on U.S. Patent and Trademark Office data.

SUNY campuses were awarded 57 U.S. utility patents for advances in biotechnology,
cancer research, manufacturing, renewable energy, and much more. 'Across SUNY, our
faculty and students partner to make groundbreaking discoveries in a broad spectrum
of areas,' said SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher. 'Through more than 1,300 U.S. patents
earned to date, SUNY research has led to hundreds of new technologies and advances
that address society's greatest challenges and have a positive impact on quality of
life in New York and beyond. Congratulations to all those at SUNY whose important
work has elevated us to this prominent world ranking.'

'This recognition marks a terrific accomplishment for our growing number of SUNY research
faculty, who work tirelessly to mentor students while engaging them in research opportunities
that advance the frontiers of knowledge and address state and global challenges,'
said SUNY Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, and NAI Fellow, Alexander N. Cartwright.
'Our faculty, a number of whom are NAI members, are a tremendous source of pride for
SUNY.'

'From energy, to medicine, to consumer technologies and more, innovation is at an
all-time high throughout New York State, and SUNY is at the center of it,' said SUNY
Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development Grace Wang. 'With a multitude
of influential research institutions, supported by the largest, most comprehensive
university-connected research foundation in the country, SUNY is driving positive
change across the globe.'

Research at SUNY produces more than 100 new technologies every year. SUNY inventors
have contributed to some of the most transformative technologies in history, including
the heart-lung machine, bar code scanner, MRI, and several FDA-approved therapeutics.
Some recent SUNY innovations include:

SUNY Downstate Medical Center is working toward a lower-power, more stable alternative to implantable cardioverter defibrillators to re-start the
heart. The technology re-purposes a nerve stimulator to use the body's own nervous
system to control the heart.

University at Albany is helping law enforcement fight crime by using scattered light to perform microscopic analysis of biological and chemical samples, an approach that
allows investigators to immediately confirm the source of biological stains found
at crime scenes.

Binghamton University may one day cut air conditioning costs dramatically by creating light-filtering dyes that, when applied to glass, block heat while letting light pass through.

University at Buffalo is testing a reengineered hormonal treatment for diabetes and obesity. Telemedicine will be used to link children and their families
to treatment they would otherwise only have access to in a local office or school.

SUNY-ESF researchers have developed a 'Trojan Horse' to attack cancer cells using special polymers that trick cancer cells into directly ingesting chemotherapeutic drugs so they are
destroyed from the inside out, thus reducing damage to normal cells.

Upstate Medical University is advancing concussion assessment through a new set of cognitive tests that will help doctors and clinicians properly diagnose and manage concussions.

SUNY College at Optometry researchers have suggested that targeting a cell's communication channelsor gap junction could slow the progress of glaucoma.

SUNY Polytechnic Institute researchers invented a nanoscale scaffold that mimics the human eye which can help test possible glaucoma drugs and other therapeutics.

Stony Brook Universityredesigned a catheter that incorporates LED lights to reduce the likelihood of infection after the device
is inserted into a patient's body.

About the Research Foundation for SUNYThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York (RF) is the largest comprehensive
university-connected research foundation in the country. It exists to serve the State
University of New York (SUNY) by providing essential administrative services that
enable SUNY faculty to focus their efforts on the education of students and the performance
of life-changing research across a wide range of disciplines including medicine, engineering,
physical sciences, energy, computer science, and social sciences. The RF works with
the academic and business leadership of SUNY campuses to support research and discovery
through administration of sponsored projects and technology transfer and management
of intellectual property for public benefit and economic growth. The RF is a private
non-profit education corporation. To learn more about the RF, visit www.rfsuny.org.

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About SUNY Downstate Medical Center

SUNY Downstate Medical Center, founded in 1860, was the first medical school in the
United States to bring teaching out of the lecture hall and to the patient’s bedside.
A center of innovation and excellence in research and clinical service delivery, SUNY
Downstate Medical Center comprises a College of Medicine, College of Nursing, School
of Health Professions, a School of Graduate Studies, School of Public Health, University
Hospital of Brooklyn, and a multifaceted biotechnology initiative including the Downstate
Biotechnology Incubator and BioBAT for early-stage and more mature companies, respectively.

SUNY Downstate ranks twelfth nationally in the number of alumni who are on the faculty
of American medical schools. More physicians practicing in New York City have graduated
from SUNY Downstate than from any other medical school.